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WPDH 2013 - Round 4 - Contermanskloof 7/1/2013 4:47 AM

This past weekend saw a chilly and very windy Contermanskloof host the 4th and final round of the Western Province Downhill series. A lower than expected field of 53 riders entered the event, but racing was as good as ever with the top 5 separated by less that 2 seconds.

Contermanskloof is very well known for its sharp and unforgiving rocky sections, claiming a large number of punctures each race. Apart from that, there were no real accidents other than a few small offs here and there, which is always great.

Racing here has always been tight but never before has first and second spot been separated by just .012 of a second. Jonty Neethling just sneaking in ahead of Adi van der Merwe with a time of 2.59.01. Rounding up the top 5 overall was Adriaan Smit, Theo Erlangsen and Duran van Eeden, each separated by around .20 of a second from each other. That is extremely tight considering the length of the track.

A big thank you goes out to our sponsors, The Bike Shed, ION, Redbull, WPDH and Robert Starke (and crew) of Contermanskloof for building and maintaining this awesome track.